Open Call: The Centre for the Less Good Idea

Kunsthalle Praha announces an open call for artists to participate in a workshop led by artist Bronwyn Lace

Date: 31/8–2/9 2026

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ABOUT THE WORKSHOPU

The workshop will be led by Bronwyn Lace, drawing upon the practices and approach of The Centre for the Less Good Idea. The Centre is not only a physical space for artists and curators to meet while creating multimedia projects, but also a safe place for experimenting with stupidity and working with a broad range of ideas, including those that would otherwise be overlooked.

Over the course of three days, participants will work with principles of free association, movement, collective improvisation, and interdisciplinary collaboration. On the final day of the workshop, a joint performative presentation titled Open Moment will take place for the public within the exhibition William Kentridge: The Battle Between YES and NO. This will be followed by a presentation titled Finding the Less Good Idea, during which Bronwyn Lace will introduce the Centre's activities, leading into a joint discussion with the performance participants.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

12 active artists from the fields of visual arts, sound arts, performance, or literary arts, especially professional artists, graduates, or students in advanced years of university study with an artistic focus.

WHAT YOU WILL GAIN

— intensive collaboration within an international group of artists

— the opportunity to establish contacts and collaborate with artists from other artistic fields (film, music, theatre, literature)

— access to the methods of The Centre for the Less Good Idea

— the opportunity for public presentation and discussion with the audience

Fee for the presentation during the Open Moment public performance: CZK 3500 / EUR 140.

CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION

— English proficiency

— age 18+

— professional artistic practice or current studies in an artistic field

— openness to different approaches and interdisciplinary collaboration

TO APPLY, PLEASE SUBMIT

— artist bio (max. 150 words)

— artist portfolio / samples of your work

— motivation statement explaining why you want to participate in the workshop (max. 250 words)

— please state whether you wish to perform in the final Open Moment public presentation

Please send your application no later than 26/6 2026, to: learning@kunsthallepraha.org

Notifications will be sent out by 30/6 2026.

BRONWYN LACE

Co-founder (alongside William Kentridge) and director of The Centre for the Less Good Idea, based in Johannesburg, and a Botswanan artist. She has a long-standing commitment to site-specific work and collaborative practices within the arts, as well as across disciplines such as history, museology, philosophy, literature, and physics.

In her approach, she strives to find a balance between subjective, introspective exploration and collective or community processes. Within her performance practice, she focuses on finding physical or material forms to express themes associated with collapse, chaos, death, and entropy. In 2020, Lace co-founded The ZoNE: a collective that calls for the development of a transdisciplinary and deliberative approach to research and curating across the arts and sciences.